Government cancels Brexit ferry contract with no-ship firm

On Feb 9, 2019

Seaborne Freight had won £13.8m contract despite never having run Channel service

A controversial no-deal Brexit ferry contract awarded to a firm with no ships has been cancelled by the Department for Transport after an Irish shipping firm that had been secretly backing the deal pulled out.

The decision by the transport secretary, Chris Grayling, to award Seaborne Freight a contract worth £13.8m had attracted widespread criticism and ridicule.